Cuff protector



Patented Feb, i9, 92@

ears WILLIAM IE.- ONEILL AND FREDERICK T. G ALLAGHER, 0F ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

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CUFF PROTECTOR.

application inea rip-rn 1e, 192e. serial no. 632,201. .y i

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that we, VILLIAM P. ONEILL and FREDERICK T. @Amaai-Inn,citizens of the United States, residing at Rockland,

'county of Plymouth, Commonwealth of li/Iassachusetts, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in CLIEy Protectors, of which thefollowing is' a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings. Y

rllhe invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cufiAprotectors. rlhe object f tector itself will not bel conspicuous, andyto,

have the edge andinside face of the protector made of soft material sothatitA will not chafe the hand or wristv o f the wearer. A furtherobject of the invention is to make the edge andY insideffacing ofmaterial which can be readily cleansed by sponging. Y

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novelfeatures thereof lwill be pointed out and clearly defined in the claimsat the close ofV this specification. v l v In the drawings,'Fig. l is aperspective view of` a protector embodying the invention, attached tothe cui of ashirt.

2 is a plan view of the protector laid out hat beforev it is folded.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the protectorv folded in readiness te beattached to the cud of a shirt. p v y Referring now to the drawings,thereis indicated at l the outer face portion of the protector which isniade of sheet-of transparent material. rlhis transparent member lshould be to a certain degree flexible, so that it can be flexed toadapt it to a cuff yet of suihcient stiffness so that it will notwrinkle but may be maintained in shape. To this end, the transparentmember is preferably made of thin, transparent celluloid.

The inside fold 2 of the protector is composed of soft, smooth material,preferably rubberized cloth. This is extended to fold along the line?)over the outer edge of the transparent member l, and forms a flap lwhich laps a short distance onto thevface;

of the member land is secured thereto by c stitches 5. The outer edgeofthe celluloid .or transparent member will thus be coveredby the cloth.rlhere is also provided a binding 6, preferably of rubberized cloth, thesamek as the member 2, which goes around the ends and the inner edge ofthe transparent member 1, so that the entire edge of the transparentmember is protected by the'cloth and the transparent member does notcome in contact at all with the hand or wrist. c l e The soft material,of which the inner fold 2 is made and of which the flap 4- and bind-`ing 6 are made, prevents chafing or scratching of the wrist and hand,such VaswouldV occur if the celluloid or other transparent material camedirectly in contact with the skin. The bir.lingalso prevents theycelluloid from' breaking or getting rough Vat the edges. The materialof whichV the inner fold 2 and the binding are made, being of rubberizedcloth, permits them to be readily cleansedvby the use of av damp' spongeor cloth. f v 'p f At each end of the inner member 2 there is formed abuttonhole 9. When the protectorfis slippedontothe cuif'iS, as shown' inFigure l, these buttonholes may be brought into.- alignment with thebuttonholes in the"- l cuff and the vcu' link l0 will be' passed throughthe said buttonholes in the protector as well as through the buttonholesof vthe cuff.V .l y'

Preferably'the outer or transparent memv ber l should have 11obuttonholes madejin The. heads of the linlnjhovvever, will 1t. showthrough the transparent material of the protector. f

Preferably there is provided a button 1l sewed `to the ybinding of thetransparent member near the back corner at one end of the protector, andan elastic loop l2 is seWed to the corresponding corner of the other endof the protector, so that when the protector is in use and the cuil'is'buttoned, the said loop may be engaged with the button 11 and keepthe ends of the protector at the Vinner edge drawn together the same'asthe.

cuter edges which are connected by the link. In making the protector,the member l VIl V Vof transparent material'is cut'to the proper Y inthefleXiblemeinberQ, and the button 11 and loop 12 will be attached to thebinding jof the flexible member, all asV shown in Figure 2'. `Vlheneverit isVV desired .to apply the protector to a cuff it can readily Ybefolded along the line 3 and bent to the shape shown. in Figure 3.V ltcan then be readily attached to the cuff, as shown `in Figurev l.

l/Vhat weV claim is:

` 'LVA cuff protector consisting of a slip over, comprising a sheet oftransparent ina# terial and a sheet of cloth, the clothtat one edgelapping for a short distance onto the front face of the transparentmaterial and secured thereto, the cloth then being folded over the frontedge and onto the baci; face of the transparent material thereby forminga slip over for a cuff whereby the covering for the outer face of thecud is transparent material and the covering for the outer edge andinner face of the cuff is cloth.

2. A cuff protector consisting of av slipA over, comprising a sheet oftransparent materia'l and a sheet of cloth, the cloth at one edgelapping for a short distance onto Vthe front face'of 'the transparentmaterial and 4secured thereto, the cloth thenbeing folded overthe frontedge and onto the Vback face n of the transparent material therebyforming y a slip to fit over a cuff wherebyvthe covering for the outerface of the cuff is transparent material-and the covering for the outer'edge and inner face of the cuff is cloth, the:

cloth portion of the slip over being formed with button holes at itsends corresponding with'button holes inthe cuff to receive theV cufflink. Y Y n '3. A cud protector consisting of a slip over comprising asheet of transparent ina- Vterial-and a sheet of' cloth, the cloth atone Yedg'ge lapping for ashort distance ontothe sccured'thereto, thecloth then being folded over the front edge and onto the back face ofthe transparent material thereby forming a slip to fit over a cupwhereby the covering Y' for the outer'face ofthe cuff is transparentmaterial andthe covering for the outer edge "button holes at its endscorresponding with iront face of thetransparent material andk and innerface of the cuff is'cloth, the 'cloth portion of the slip over beingformed with button holes in the cuff toV receivevthefcuff linlr, and acloth binding for the ends and rear edge portion of the transparentmaterial.

A.' cuff protector consisting of a slip over, comprising a sheet oftransparent celluloid and a vsheet of-rubberized'clotl'i,

the cloth at one edge lappingfor a short ,Y

distance onto the front face of the celluloid and secured thereto, thecloth then being folded over the front edge and ontol the back face ofthe celluloid thereby forming a slip to fit over a cuff whereby thecoveringV for the outer face of the cuff is transparent celluloid andthe covering for the cuter edge land inner face of the cuff, isrubberized cloth. i

5. A cuff protector consisting of a slip over, comprising' a zsheet oftransparent celluloid and Aa sheet of rubberized cloth, the cloth at oneedge lapping for a shortV distance onto the frontl face of the'celluloidand secured thereto, the cloth then being folded i over the lfront edgeand onto the backface of the celluloid therebyv forming for the outerface of the cuff is'transparent eoY Q5 v a slip to fit over a cuil:1whereby the covering r celluloid and the covering for the outer f n edgeand inner face of thecuff is rubberized cloth, the cloth portion of theslipfbeing formed with button holes to 'receive the cuff link. Y

6. A cud protector consisting of ay slip over,` comprising a sheetoftransparent cel-Y luloid and a sheet of rubberized cloth, thecloth-atone edge lappingV fora short dis-V Y and secured' thereto, the clothVthen being` .tance ontov the frontV face of the vcelluloid folded overVthe front'edge and onto the back face ofthe celluloidrthereby forming aslip to fit over a cud whereby the covering for the outer face ofthecuff isftransparent celluloid and the covering for the outer edge andinnerfa'ce of the cuff is rubberizedcloth, the cloth portion of thevslip being formed with button holes to receive thebuf link, and arubberized clothlbinding for the Y ends and rear edge' portioiroftransparent celluloid. i i f j In testimony whereof we affix oursignatures. V Y

WILLIAM P. ONEILL. Y l FREDERICK :'I. GrALlliAGrl-IER.

